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    El Jaguey Santiago de Anaya, Hidalgo

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    El Jagüey

    Village Santiago de Anaya, Hidalgo Municipality of Santiago de Anaya Mezquital Valley

    Hill community at 2,022 m in the Mezquital Valley, about 2.5 km from Santiago de Anaya and its July festival for Santiago Apóstol.

    From Pachuca: 50 min by car (48 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    Day trips and guided outings from Mineral del Chico often include El Jagüey; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

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    How to get to El Jagüey

    • From Pachuca: about 50 min by road (~48 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 1 h 12 min by car to Mineral del Chico
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    About El Jagüey

    El Jagüey sits at 2,022 metres above sea level on rolling ground in the Mezquital Valley, roughly 2.5 km south of Santiago de Anaya, the municipal seat. Each recent census has counted more people: 343 in 2000, 383 in 2010 and 576 in 2020, a little over 3% of the whole municipality.

    The climate is temperate and semi-dry, averaging about 16 °C a year, and rain runoff drains toward the Actopan river in the Moctezuma basin. The municipality describes the plant life as typical of the dry highlands: agaves, mesquite and cacti. To the northeast the hills climb past 2,300 metres, among them Xitzo and La Copa.

    The seat of the municipality explains a lot about the area. In Hñähñu (Otomi) the site was called Thengadho, 'place of red stone', and the Nahuas called it Tlachichilco, 'red earth'. Every year, in the week around 25 July, its church honours Santiago Apóstol for five or six days: novenas from house to house, processions carrying saints from other communities, dancers, a night-time contest of fireworks 'castles' on Saturday, and offerings of marigold flowers arranged as suns and crowns. Regional food includes maguey worms, escamoles (ant larvae), esquites and white pulque.

    How to get to El Jagüey

    Drive from Pachuca: 50 min, 48 km

    Santiago de Anaya is about 56 km from Pachuca, according to an INAH article. The road linking it to Actopan appears in OpenStreetMap as the Carretera Santiago de Anaya-Actopan. El Jagüey lies about 2.5 km south of the municipal seat in a straight line; the map shows Avenida El Jagüey with paved stretches and dirt ones, next to concrete streets.

    By bus, Rome2rio lists an Ovnibus service from Pachuca to Actopan every four hours, taking about 65 minutes; from Actopan you continue toward Santiago de Anaya on that road. By road, Pueblos América estimates about 43 km (about 47 minutes) to Mineral del Chico, the nearest Pueblo Mágico.

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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic or stops. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

    Before you go to El Jagüey: hours, prices and tips

    Best season
    The patron-saint festival of Santiago Apóstol in Santiago de Anaya lasts five to six days around 25 July, starting on the Thursday or Friday nearest that date. The fireworks-castle contest is on Saturday night. Narrativas Antropológicas (INAH), 2024 · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting El Jagüey: what to see and do

    The main entrance to El Jagüey, the first thing you see on arrival.
    The church of the Señor de Santiago in Santiago de Anaya, with side chapels to the Señor de la Agonía and Our Lady of Guadalupe.
    The church of Yolotepec, another architectural monument INEGI lists for the municipality.
    The festival of Santiago Apóstol, in the week of 25 July, with the fireworks-castle contest on Saturday night.
    Cerro Xitzo (2,344 m), about 6 km on foot to the northeast.
    Local food: maguey worms, escamoles, esquites and white pulque.

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    Day trips and guided outings from Mineral del Chico often include El Jagüey; with a local guide you can get there without a car.

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    Rental cars

    Pick up a car at NLU (Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles)): about 1 h 12 min by road to Mineral del Chico, then 29 km more to El Jagüey, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), about 1 h 12 min by road from Mineral del Chico, the base for El Jagüey.

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    When to go to El Jagüey cool

    El Jagüey shares the climate of Mineral del Chico, 29 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and May.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Mineral del Chico

    Fountain, clipped hedges and colorful houses on the main plaza of Mineral del Chico, Hidalgo cool
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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

    Location from OpenStreetMap. Written by Puebloteca.